British Airways is responding to the competition from low cost airlines operating from Birmingham - by offering up to half a million cut price seats.

British Airways is responding to the competition from low cost airlines operating from Birmingham - by offering up to half a million cut price seats.

For four days only the airline is offering every seat to 17 destinations guaranteed at the lowest possible fares.

That means return flights to Glasgow or Edinburgh are available for £49, and every seat to Paris for £85. Milan is available for £89, Madrid and Barcelona, for £99; and Vienna for £135.

The offers cover the period from March 18, over the Easter period, and up to the end of June.

Seats have to be booked between 10am today and 10am on March 7, to take advantage of the special deal.

Steve Cassidy, British Airways CitiExpress' commercial director, said: "This is the first time we have ever given a low price guarantee on every single seat on our Birmingham network, and hundreds of thousands of passengers can benefit.

"Everyone who books over the four-day period will automatically be offered the lead-in return fares, which are fully inclusive."